The Wilhelm Scream (AHHHHHHHHHHH!)

If you watch movies or television--you've heard the Wilhelm Scream . It's been used hundreds of times by sound designers since the early 50s. This YouTube amalgamation illustrates it's use in everything from Indiana Jones to Walt Disney's Aladdin. George Lucas used it many times.



Want to know more about Wilhelm? Then listen to this (Link) audio feature from WNYC, NY and On the Media. (10 minutes)

According to legend, the scream was first used in a western and the character from whom the scream originated was named Wilhelm. You'd scream too with an arrow in your leg.